Interleukin-6 Level among Shift and Night Workers in Japan: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the J-HOPE Study.

CONCLUSION: The present study revealed that only night shift work is significantly associated with high levels of IL-6 in Japanese workers. These observations help us understand the mechanism for the association between work schedule and CVD onset. PMID: 29593172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29593172?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - March 30, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Atheroscler Thromb Source Type: research